Bullitt County Board of Education raises dropout age to 18

11:06 AM,
Jul. 2, 2013

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The Courier-Journal

The Bullitt County Board of Education voted last week to raise the district's dropout age to 18.

Under a state law that took effect last week, Kentucky school districts can voluntarily increase their compulsory attendance age from 16 to 18 with the policy to be implemented in the 2015-16 school year. Under the new law, once 55 percent of the districts - 96 of Kentucky's 174 districts - adopt the policy, all remaining districts must implement an 18-year-old dropout age within four years.